Re: don heath's comments

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Vince Wolodkin wrote:

> Alan Sullivan wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > As to shared vs. exclusive iTLDs, the technical stuff is easy.
> > Distributed databases exist, they work. The hard stuff here is in
> > people space, not technical space. If iTLDs are shared what is to keep
> > one party fromhoarding all the valuable names? We have not solved the
> > greed problem, and this is inviting it.
> > 
> 
> Could you explain what you mean, please.  If all TLD's are shared, and
> every registry has the same right to sell domains in every TLD, how can
> oneparty hoard names?  I think  the greed problem is more readily
> apparent in monopoly registries.  How are shared registries inviting
> greed???  I just don't get it.

I share with you .xyz iTLD.  It is very popular.  I have my
partner set up a shell company in the Cayman Islands to register
via me - 20,000 very popular names like pizza.xyz and beer.xyz.  I
either charge him nothing or $50 per domain or whatever - it
makes little difference.  When a customer comes along that wants
pizza.xyz - it is taken and that registry points the customer to
his shell company that will sell the pizza.xyz domain for $1000.
You - who played fair - have nothing to offer.  DN hoarding in
a shared iTLD is very possible unless somehow controlled via contract.

> 
> Vince Wolodkin
> 

Hank Nussbacher
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